The new study on climate change and its impacts that was released by the University of Exeter early this week, has warned that there are chances of more extremes of weather in the near future because of climate change globally which could lead to potential risks of food shortages in many countries....

Everyone who are looking to get a visa into the United States would now potentially hand over their social media details to the U.S. administration, according to a plan announced by the Trump administration. All of the details of their Facebook and Twitter accounts would have to be...

A day after 60 U.S. diplomats were asked to get out of Russia, the country asked the U.K. to reduce its diplomatic mission in the country to as low as possible. This measure – which was expected, has further heightened tensions with the West. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova...

Many economic actors are in favor of an ongoing trend: the slow demise of cash, gradually phasing out of our economies, leaving its historical place to more modern, convenient and virtual methods. Among these supporters, government agencies are looking forward to moving on to the cashless era of...

Predominating models that are favored by ecologists is proving inadequate to predict the trends of alteration of North American winter bird communities due to climate change. Established and researched trends in animals in varying climate zones helps ecologists predict that with warming...

World Bank said that there was a broad based economic recovery underway in the world economy and predicts a global economic growth rate of 3.1 per cent for the year 2018 which is an increased prediction compared to what was made by it the last time in June past year when it predicted 2018 global...

After central government forces loyal to Baghdad swept through the Kurdish led territory at the start of the week, an urge was sent to officials of BP by Iraqi officials to help the besieged country ravaged by a war and by years of ethnic violence develop oilfields in the disputed city of...

India is looking to defended its sphere of influence, as China invests millions in the region, even though India has long been the dominant power in South Asia. Reacting to related questions, a panel of experts at the World Economic Forum's India summit said that India must play...

Fears that the isolated state of North Korea had conducted another nuclear bomb test weeks after its last one was raised after China’s earthquake administration said on Saturday that it had detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that was a “suspected explosion”. They were...

Despite recent relief from an intense dry spell, North Koreans are likely to face serious food shortages, said officials from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization. Cereal production in the communist dictatorship had plunged to record lows in 2001 due to low rainfall and this...

The status of his Jabber secure online messaging account was set to “away” when Alexander Vinnik was arrested on money-laundering charges at a Greek hotel in late July. “He often takes some time to reply, so at first I didn’t think anything of it,” said one person who knew the Russian as...

It is unlikely that any major harm for American investors could be caused by any Russian response to fresh sanction from the U.S. and therefore, such response is being merely seen as a symbolic gesture, says one political analyst. After the U.S. House of Representatives voted...